From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-04-13T04:28:50+09:00
Subject: Re: File basenames using File.basename . . .

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> Subject: File basenames using File.basename . . .
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> I need to truncate the extension of some of my files, so that 
> I can add 
> a different extension for a separate write file. I've tried this:
> 
> txtfiles = Dir.glob("*.txt")
> txtfiles.each { |txtfile| File.basename("txtfile", "*.txt") }

Remove the quotes around txtfile.
Change "*.txt" to just ".txt".

Regards,

Dan